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May 2022

Activism within the Courts: Judge Elreta Melton Alexander

May 12, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Dr. Virginia L. Summey discusses her new book, The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander, with Dr. Omar Ali from UNCG.…

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September 2022

By the Book Series: Ernest R. Dollar Jr. on Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign

September 1, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27401 United States
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Drop by the museum  for Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign with Author Ernest A. Dollar Jr.! Dollar, the…

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October 2022

Event Postponed! By the Book: Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore on artist Romare Bearden

October 13, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27401 United States
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event is postponed. Hopefully, we will have a reschedule date to share soon. In the…

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January 2023

By the Book: NC Triad Beer History at Oden Brewing Co.

January 17, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Oden Brewing Company, 802 W Gate City Blvd.
Greensboro, North Carolina 27403 United States
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Join us as we launch a new year of By the Book programs with a special evening out at Oden…

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February 2023

By the Book: American Refuge with Diya Abdo

February 7, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Diya Abdo. Her new book American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience shares…

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June 2023

By the Book: David Wright Faladé and Phoebe Zerwick

June 15, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free

Two award-winning authors discuss witnessing history, and how writing about Black stories can explore the hopes and challenges of American…

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July 2023

By the Book: Patrick Lee Lucas, Athens on the Frontier

July 27, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27401 United States
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Patrick Lee Lucas of the University of Kentucky (and previously UNCG) examines Grecian-style buildings and how they shaped 19th-century U.S.…

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August 2023

By the Book: Lisa Tolbert, Beyond Piggly Wiggly

August 17, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free

UNC Greensboro Professor of History Lisa C. Tolbert dives into the popularization of self-service grocery stores in her new book,…

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November 2023

By the Book with Eric Medlin

November 8, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27401 United States
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Historian Eric Medlin dives into the history of North Carolina’s Furniture Industry with High Point Museum Curator of Collections Marian…

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March 2024

By the Book: Boardinghouse Women with Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt

March 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27401 United States
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Join us for a conversation with the UNC Chapel Hill Kenan Eminent Professor of Southern Studies and author of A…

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